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The Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited (APEPDCL) has intensified its consciousness programmes connected PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, aimed astatine promoting cleanable vigor and reducing dependency connected accepted powerfulness sources.
The inaugural seeks to promote households to follow rooftop star systems portion availing of important authorities subsidies.
Addressing the media connected Friday, P. Salmon Raju, Superintending Engineer, APEPDCL Operation Circle, Eluru, said the strategy is rapidly gaining popularity arsenic it aligns with the government’s imaginativeness of achieving a pollution-free nine powered by renewable energy.
Extensive campaigns—including nationalist meetings, pamphlet distribution, partition posters, rallies, and door-to-door outreach—are underway successful the territory to amended consumers astir the benefits of rooftop star power.
He highlighted that consumers tin not lone trim their energy bills but besides gain further income by selling the surplus powerfulness backmost to the grid astatine a complaint of ₹2.09 per unit. Solar installations typically retrieve their outgo wrong 4 to 5 years, making it a viable concern for households.
Government subsidy
Under the scheme, the authorities offers subsidies of ₹30,000 for 1 kW, ₹60,000 for 2 kW and ₹78,000 for 3 kW systems. For a 3 kW installation costing astir ₹2 lakh, the beneficiary’s publication is lone ₹20,000, with the remaining ₹1.02 lakh eligible for low-interest slope loans. Subsidy amounts are credited straight to beneficiaries’ accounts wrong a month.
So far, 4,293 households successful Eluru territory person installed rooftop star panels, and 36 empanelled vendors are moving nether the APEPDCL to facilitate installations. The strategy volition stay unfastened until March 31, 2027, and lone registered consumers volition beryllium eligible for subsidies.
Consumers seeking assistance oregon facing issues with installations whitethorn interaction the pursuing APEPDCL officials, including Superintending Engineer, Eluru: 9440812702; Executive Engineer, Technical Wing: 9440812703; Deputy Executive Engineer, Commerce & Technical: 9440816384; Assistant Engineer, Commerce: 9490610135.
Registrations tin beryllium completed astatine surya ghar.gov.in, and queries whitethorn beryllium emailed to solar@apeasternpower.com, according to a release.
